The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-12-31
THE STOCK-BREEDER.
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There is no better diet for growing pigs
of any age tEan wheat mill feed. This is
much better than bran, which is too coarse,
and goes through young pigs without doing
them much good. In fact, pigs will not
eat bran unless starved to it more than
growing pigs Oughtt to he. Ii given bran
In milk they will drink the latter and leave
the bran IN the trough. If corn meal is
mixed with wheat bran the meal will be
sifted out and the bran left This pigs
cannot so we'll DO if the feed is finer.
Fran IoI Ii..cediliJ .f,i;,iiaiS.
There is no more i'm ortant item in win
ter feeding of stock for most farmers
than to have always a good supply of wheat
bran. This is especially valuable for
breeding stock bearing their young. Bran
is rich in bone and muscle forming ele-
ments of food, and it serves another valu-
able purpose in keeping bowels open and
doing away with the constipating effects
Of the dry food usually given in winter.
For stock not breeding rye bran IS as good
as wheat. and whole rye may be ground
for feed with great advantage. But for
animals with young, wheat is much prefer
able, as the ergot in rye may produce aber-
ton. \ wheat bran mash given twice a
day will do no more TO keep stock in good
health than any other food that can be
furnished.
Treating .lht",'icaIt Horses.
When the breeder seeks to create family
mis- first care must be to place his stock on
land suited to their pecuiaIities. Saddle
horses are best reared on broken, hillv
ground for the habit of sure footedness it
insures. Harness horses require for their
development rolling country, the mod
crate irregularities of which give good knee
action and render them able in after DAYS
to cheerfully breast hill. On no account
should "A rich deep, alluvial soil be chosen
to breed saddle horses on. Having Sc
cured u desirable tract of land the
breeder next must decide what class of
horses he intends TO produce; if saddle
horses, the sire should be an Anglo
Arabian; color, dark bay, dapple brown, or
black; i'll confirmation the build should
be close knit the head handsome, with
the dish face of the Arab, the ears small
and pointed, the eyes prominent and full
OF Intelligence; the forehead wide the
muZIle so small that he could drink from
a tumbler the neck long and graceful, cut
III at the throttle; this will insure his get
against being pullers; the lips, when at
rest. firmly closed; the back short and
straight, the Sithers rather low and round,
the forearm and hind quarters muscular;
the ribs deep, the knees large and fiat, the
crown bone short, the foreleg measuring at
least eight and one half inches under the
knee, the height not to exceed fifteen
hands three inches, the horse we'll broken,
and ridden in difficult ground. A steeple-
chaser would be the most desirable of all
thoroughbreds, as his education would be
transmitted TO his progeny, III SO far that
they would be more readily taught than
other horses. The dams should be selected
for Stoutness of constitution, docility of
temper, perfect soundness and abundant
good looks; highly, but not clean bred.
The sire, to produce stately harness horses,
should also be thoroughbred; for heavy
harness work, sixteen hands would not be
too high, when combined with the size
and symmetry of form. The first cross of
such a sire from clean-b bred Clydesdale or
fercheron mares, gives excellent results
Ameriroe AgriculiHrjst.